Erskine House Storytelling Project

FAIN: GA-274689-20

Baranov Museum (Kodiak, AK 99615-6307)
Sarah Harrington (Project Director: May 2020 to November 2024)

The retention of four staff members to implement reading and discussion programs about a 100-year-old memoir about the island.

The Kodiak History Museum is a beloved community center and closure of the museum to the COVID-19 pandemic has halted our ability to connect the public with our building and museum objects. This project will support the republication of a rare and treasured Kodiak story, significantly increasing accessibility to the museum’s collection and archives through public programming and digital humanities resources. The project will reinvigorate awareness of the internationally-significant history of the Russian American Magazin/Erskine House, celebrate stories and community connections without the risk of face-to-face interaction during the pandemic, and increase accessibility to the museum.